"...[O]ne must not forget that a critic is never altogeher a theoretician, but that he is always something of a militant and that his purpose is not only to analyze films, but also to support the cinema he likes..."
- Christian Metz, Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema
This is one of my favourite quotes. I keep this in mind when reading the reviews that critics make about art (especially those folks over at pitchfork).
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